Thomas Charles Bigge
Thomas Charles Bigge (1739–1794) was an English landowner and banker, High Sheriff of Northumberland for 1771.[1]
Life[edit]
He was the son of William Bigge (1707–1758).[2] of Benton House, Little Benton, Northumberland. He enrolled at Christ Church, Oxford in 1757.[3]
Bigge was a member of the Roman Club founded in 1765 by Edward Gibbon.[4] In 1774 he was an unsuccessful parliamentary candidate for Morpeth.[5] He was buried in the church of Weston, Bath, where there were memorials to two of his daughters.[3]
Family[edit]
Bigge married Jemima Ord, daughter of William Ord of Fenham—who had also served as High Sheriff of Northumberland—in 1747. They had four sons and six daughters.[6]
- The eldest son Charles (1773–1849), appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1802[7]
- William Edward, who died young
- Thomas Hanway, banker, died 1824
- John (1780–1843) was called to the Bar in 1806 and in 1813 was appointed Chief Justice of Trinidad.
- A daughter, Grace Julia (died 1872), married Thomas Christopher Glyn, barrister-at-law, third son of Sir Richard Carr Glyn, 1st Baronet.[8][9]
References[edit]
- ^ Bennett, J. M. "Bigge, Thomas Charles". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/38294. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ McKenzie, Eneas (1825). An historical, topographical, and descriptive view of the county of Northumberland. Mackenzie and Dent. p. 462.
- ^ a b Kirby, D. P. (1917). "Saint Wilfrid at Hexham". Internet Archive. Newcastle upon Tyne: Oriel Press. p. 226. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ^ Adam Rogers (28 March 2011). Late Roman Towns in Britain: Rethinking Change and Decline. Cambridge University Press. p. 21 note 12. ISBN 978-1-139-49951-4.
- ^ "Morpeth, History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ John Burke (1833). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Univested with Heritable Honours. H. Colburn. p. 632.
- ^ Robert Dodsley (1803). The Annual Register, or a View of the history, politicks and literature of the year 1802. Dodsley. p. 523.
- ^ The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1827. J. Dodsley. 1828. p. 254.
- ^ A. M. W. Stirling (compiler). "The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope v. I."
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